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<td valign="top">The person in this role represents customer and end-user concerns by gathering input from stakeholders to understand the problem to be solved and by capturing and setting priorities for requirements.</td>
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<th class="sectionTableHeading" scope="row">Skills</th><td class="sectionTableCell"><p> An Analyst needs the following knowledge, skills, and abilities: </p>
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  <li> Expertise in identifying and understanding problems and opportunities </li>
  <li> Ability&nbsp;to articulate the needs that are associated with the key problem 
    to be solved or the opportunity to be realized </li>
  <li> Ability to collaborate effectively with the extended team through collaborative 
    working sessions, workshops, JAD sessions and other techniques. </li>
  <li> Good communication skills, verbally and in writing </li>
  <li> Knowledge of the business and technology domains or the ability to quickly 
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    This role can be assigned in the following ways:
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        One (or more)&nbsp;team member performs this role exclusively. This commonly adopted approach is suitable for
        complex requirements that are difficult to gather.
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        One (or more) team members performs both this role and tests the software. This is a good option for smaller or
        resource<font color="#ff0000">-</font>constrained test teams.
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        See <a class="elementLinkWithType" href="./../../practice.mgmt.two_level_project_planning.base/guidances/guidelines/staffing_project_70705561.html" guid="_Jq64EJjsEduad8I_c-ogIA">Guideline: Staffing a Project</a>&nbsp;to see how members of small agile teams can
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